Names that differ in Coverdale and the King James

I've listed them here with both the original Hebrew names [transliterated]
and the Greek names as they appear in the LXX. I haven't corrected for case;
I just pasted the Greek directly into the table. Browsers that can't render
Unicode may not display the Greek well.

Psalm

Coverdale

KJV

Greek

Hebrew

Recommendation

21

Basan

Bashan

πίονες

Bâshân

fat bulls close me in

67

Basan

Bashan

πῖον

Bâshân

A rich mountain is God's mountain, even an high hill, a
rich mountain.

67

Basan

Bashan

Βασὰν

Bâshân

I will bring my people again as I did from Bashan

134, 135

Og the king of Basan

Og king of Bashan

Ὢγ βασιλέα τῆς
Βασὰν

Bâshân

Og the king of Bashan *

*Bashan was a kingdom bordering
Israel. Its name in Hebrew refers to rich, brown earth. Where it
seemed appropriate the LXX translators kept Bashan as a proper name, but
at other times they chose to translate it to the Greek word pion,
"rich." Where they chose to retain Bashan as a proper name, we
should do the same; otherwise the Greek text indicates the translations
above. (It takes an unreasonable amout of eisogesis to arrive at "Butter
Mountain" in Ps. 67.) In Psalm 21, Coverdale both represents the Greek
translation (fat bulls) and additionally adds of Basan
from the Hebrew.

28, etc

Libanus

Lebanon

Λιβάνου

L'banon

Lebanon

28

Sirion

Sirion

ἠγαπημένος

Shiryon

Sirion

28

Cades

Kadesh

Κάδης

Qâdesh

Kadesh

32

the Lord Jehovah

the LORD

Κύριος

YHVH

the Lord *

67

JAH

JAH

Κύριος

Yah

the Lord *

82

Jehovah

JEHOVAH

Κύριος

YHVH

the Lord *

*The invented word Jehovah
is a modern western European thing, foreign to the LXX tradition, and is
offensive to the Jews as well (they pronounce YHVH as "Adonoi"
or "Lord.") The LXX translators consistently represented YHVH
and variants as Kyrios; the Lord. Western translators have used a
middle approach - translating YHVH as the LORD (all caps) to indicate that
the underlying word is not "Adonoi," but this is foreign to the
LXX text.

47, etc

Sion

Zion

Σιών

Tsiyon

Sion

*The Hebrew TS sound is
often transliterated into Greek as S (as in Gk. Masada from Heb.
M'tsâdâh.) The LXX translators chose in all cases to transliterate
Tsiyon as Sion. (Zion, in German, reproduces
the Hebrew pronunciation.) Here I side with Coverdale and the Greek Sion
against the KJV Zion.

55

n/a

Philistines

ἀλλόφυλοι

P'lishti

Philistines*

82

Philistines

Philistines

ἀλλόφυλοι

P'lesheth

Philistines*

59, 86 107

Philistia

Philistia

ἀλλόφυλοι

P'lesheth

Philistia*

*"Philistines"
- Hebrew P'lishti - is not really a proper noun; it means "immigrants"
or "sojourners." (The Philistines were a Semitic people - Phoenicians
or kin to them - who came to live in Canaan. Hebrew P'lesheth is
literally [the land] of the sojourners.) The LXX translators didn't
transliterate P'lishti as a name, but translated it into Gk.
allophyloi, or "other peoples." So Philistines/Philistia
is not an ideal English translation for literalness - but it is our
English name for the people referred to consistently in the LXX as
allophyloi.

The Hebrew literally reads
"perpetual rivers" or "ever-flowing streams." But the
LXX translators chose to leave ethân untranslated, making it a proper
name

77

Silo

Shiloh

Σιλώμ

Shiloh

Shiloh

82

Ismaelites

Ishmaelites

Ἰσμαηλῖται

Ishmaeli

Ishmaelites

82

Asshur

Assur

Ἀσσοὺρ

Asshur

Asshur

82

Madianites

Midianites

Μαδιὰμ

Midyan

Midianites

82

Kison

Kishon

Κεισών·

Kishon

Kishon

82

Zeb

Zeeb

Ζὴβ

Z'eb

Zeb

82

Zeba

Zebah

Ζεβεὲ

Zabach

Zeba

82

Salmana

Zalmunna

Σαλμανὰ

Tsalmunna

Salmana

86

Tyre

Tyre

Τύρος

Tsor

Tyre

86

Morians

Ethiopia

Αἰθιόπων

Kush

Ethiopia

105

Abiram

Abiram

Ἀβειρών·

Abiram

Abiram

105

Baal-peor

Baalpeor

Βεελφεγὼρ

Ba'al P'or

Baalpeor

109

Melchisedech

Melchizedek

Μελχισεδέκ

Malki Tsedeq

Melchizedek

119

to dwell with Mesech

I sojourn in Mesech

ἡ παροικία μου
ἐμακρύνθη

Meshek

My sojourning is prolonged (The Greek and Hebrew texts differ
here.)

131

Ephrata

Ephratah

Ἐφραθᾷ

'Ephrathah

Ephratah

132

Hermon

Hermon

Ἀερμὼν

Chermon

Hermon

134, 135

Sehon king of the Amorites

Sihon king of the Amorites

Σηὼν βασιλέα
τῶν Ἀμοῤῥαίων

'Emori

Amorites

Names found in the LXX and not in Coverdale

Most of these entries are from the Greek superscriptions, which are not properly
part of Coverdale's translation. I added the superscriptions to our text based
on those in Brenton, without paying much attention to spelling, as I assumed
names should be dealt with later, all at once for the sake of consistency.

Psalm

Coverdale

KJV

Greek

Hebrew

Recommendation

7

(No superscription)

Cush the Benjamite.

Χουσὶ υἱοῦ Ἰεμενεί

Kush

Cush the Benjamite

33

(No superscription)

Abimelech

Ἀβιμέλεχ

Abimelek

Abimelech

38, etc

(No superscription)

Jeduthun

Ἰδιθούν

Y'duthun

Jeduthun

41, etc

(No superscription)

Korah

Κορέ

Qorach

Korah

50

(No superscription)

Nathan

Νάθαν

Nâthân

Nathan

50

(No superscription)

Bathsheba

Βηρσαβεέ

Bath Sheba

Bathsheba

51

(No superscription)

Doeg the Edomite

Δωὴκ τὸν Ἰδουμαῖον

Doeg Edomi

Doeg the Edomite

51

(No superscription)

Ahimelech

Ἀβιμέλεχ

Achimelek

Ahimelech

52, 87

(No superscription)

Mahalath

μαελέθ·

Machalath

Mahalath

53

(No superscription)

Ziphims

Ζιφαίους

Zifi

Ziphites

55

(No superscription)

Gath

Γέθ

Gath

Gath

59

(No superscription)

Aramnaharaim

Μεσοποταμίαν
Συρίας

'Aram Naharayim

Mesopotamia of Syria*

59

(No superscription)

Aramzobah

Συρίαν Σοβά

'Aram Tsobâh

Syrian Zobah *

*cf. Boston "Mesopotamia of Syria and Syrian Zobah"; Brenton
"Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syrian Sobal". 'Aram
is a Hebrew name for Syria (Hence the Syriac language is called Aramaic.)
Hebrew 'Aram Naharayim literally Syria of the rivers. Greek
Syria between the rivers, or Syrian Mesopotamia. Hebrew 'Aram
Tsobâh literally Syria of Zobah (a portion of Syria which in
the times of Saul, David, and Solomon formed a separate kingdom northeast
of Damascus).